Expert vs Professional - What's the difference?
expert | professional |
Extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable.
Characteristic of an expert.
A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.
* If an expert''' says it can't be done, get another '''expert . -
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (chess) A player ranking just below master.
A person who belongs to a profession
A person who earns his living from a specified activity
An expert.
* 1934 , edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 97:
Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.
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*:His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;.
That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood.
(lb) Expert.
As adjectives the difference between expert and professional
is that expert is extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable while professional is of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.As nouns the difference between expert and professional
is that expert is a person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject while professional is a person who belongs to a profession.expert
English
(wikipedia expert)Adjective
(en adjective)- I am expert at making a simple situation complex.
- My cousin is an expert pianist.
- This problem requires expert knowledge.
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* inexpert * nonexpertNoun
(en noun)Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
professional
English
Noun
(wikipedia professional) (en noun)- I have learned that there is a person attached to a golf club called a professional'. Find out who fills that post at the Green Meadow Club; invite the ' professional , urgently, to dine with us this evening.
